Andrea Yates R.N.

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Jun 30, 2006

Yeah. The state got around to revoking her license a couple of years back I think. At one point (long ago) she worked at a prominent Houston hospital.

nightingale, RN · Jun 30, 2006

What a sad story that was (the murder of her children).

all4schwa · Jun 30, 2006

raises some interesting questions/concerns. need i elaborate?

ShayRN · Jun 30, 2006

raises some interesting questions/concerns. need i elaborate?

Like maybe she knew exactly what to say and how to act to be crazy? Hmmmmm, I think I said that before I knew she was a nurse. :angryfire

Taxminia0311 · Jun 30, 2006

:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire Not to sound like a harsh person but, to me I believe she knew exactly what she was doing....Even when she chased her 7 year old son around the house just to get to him and then to drown him, please give me a break with that so call depression???? Don't get me wrong I know that some womens at sometime after given birth to a baby do go through it, but still she should have better sense to stop having kid if she knew that by having this kids would only get her depress after them so o to me the only ones who should have pitty is her kids as for her she is so luck I'm not the judge because she wouldn't be seeing day light until her last day on this earth the only light that she would have seen is the partial light on judgment day which I would like to know what answer is she going to give when the lord ask her "Why did you take the life's of the precise gifts that I have given you"??? then what is she going to say I'm sorry my lord but I was depress???? give me a break what about the way those kids had to live their last day on this earth hmmmmmmm do they get I'm sorry??? No, so to me I wont and can forgive her even though if it state in the Bible "Forgive other as you would want other to forgive you" I forgive right after I place her head under the bath tube water so that she could know exactly how her kids felt when she was drowning each one of them....:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire so to me she deserves what ever is coming to her including the death penalty....everytime I think of what she did to her kids it just reminds me of a old friend of my mother who through her newborn from the livingroom to the kitchen like a football and killed her and what card did she played when it was time to face her the judge "You honor I was depress" I didn't know what I was doing but I do remeber smoking some marajuaan at the time....and they gave her 20 years in jail she wasn't high then I bet when that sentence came down on her....:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2006

Here's a good short summary of the case.

http://crime.about.com/od/current/p/andreayates.htm

Personally, I think she was delusional, insane, and nuts as they come. Her trouble seemed to escalate when a new psychiatrist took her off of the haldol and told her to "think positive thoughts."

Any justice out there for her ex-husband Rusty? Let's just say I'm not fond of him and find him morally reprehensible.

lannisz · Jun 30, 2006

Yes, with her long history of mental illness, why did he keep getting her pregnant. He was sane, she wasn't...and he could remember what she was like after each one of those pregnancies...and during pregnancy she couldn't take her psych meds. didn't take a genius.Terrible.

LydiaNN · Jun 30, 2006

Here's a good short summary of the case.
http://crime.about.com/od/current/p/andreayates.htm
Personally, I think she was delusional, insane, and nuts as they come. Her trouble seemed to escalate when a new psychiatrist took her off of the haldol and told her to "think positive thoughts."
Any justice out there for her ex-husband Rusty? Let's just say I'm not fond of him and find him morally reprehensible.

Agree about both of them. It's all sad to contemplate.

IMustBeCrazy · Jun 30, 2006

andrea yates suffered from post-partum psychosis not post-partum depression. the two are not the same. thousands of mothers every year suffer from post-partum depression and do not kill their children. there are many effective treatments including anti-depressants (which often can be taken for short periods of time per md directions) which can alleviate post-partum depression.

the fact that ms. yates had been taking haldol is a red flag indicating a much more serious problem. her doctor failed her miserably and imo should be sued for malpractice for suggesting that she could 'will' herself out of this serious mental illness.

btw, why are we surprised that ms. yates was a nurse? i know plenty of nurses that have just about every mental health diagnosis. it is not a diagnosis solely for the uneducated 'trailer trash' masses. having a mental health diagnosis doesn't preclude someone from being a healthy, happy and productive member of society.

PeachPie · Jun 30, 2006

Her toxic environment drove her to it. Her reverand was a religious nutcase who has gone so far as to preach in Morocco, which is punishable by death. My mother kept having children despite her sanity, and I am thankful that she never ended up like Andrea Yates did.

ib4au · Jun 30, 2006

Pardon me if I seem insensitive to her for the post partum defense(which I can understand would be very difficult to handle), but I personally think they need lock her up and throw away the key. There's NO excuse for killing anyone, especially your own 5 children. NONE.